Nearly extinct

Last updated over 3 years ago

This is a selection of species that now exist only in captivity or have only a few individuals left in the wild. I had previously wanted to call this collection our "Most endangered species" but perhaps we have already given up on them.

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This is just one of many fish considered extinct in the wild. EOL doesn't have images of most of the others. How sad to think of what we are losing with only an imperfect understanding of each species' unique biology.

Thought to be extinct in the wild, a population of this cedar was found in 1999. However, EOL doesn't have any more information since then. If you can find more recent news, or an image, please add to the page.